12 albums released - 4 certified Gold in Canada (Big Blue Sky, Secrets Of The Alibi, Snow in June, Neptune), 1 certified Platinum in Canada (Snow in June)

Toured Canada, USA, and Japan - opened for/shared bill with: Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, The Fixx, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, Peter Frampton, Bruce Hornsby, The Band, Bryan Adams, Alice Cooper, Foreigner, Warren Zevon, Julian Lennon, Andy Summers, Eurythmics, KD Lang, and others

Recorded with Garth Hudson (The Band), John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful), Crystal Taliefero (John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen), Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies), Melanie Doane, Bob Egan(Wilco, Blue Rodeo) and worked in the studio with Grammy-winning engineers/producers/mixers Bob Clearmountain, Hugh Padgham, Ed Stasium, Bob Ludwig

The Northern Pikes were nominated for Canada's Juno Awards 8 times in various categories. Jay Semko was the winner of 2 Canadian Music Publishers Association Awards, for the songs he wrote while with the Pikes: "Teenland" (1987) and "Girl With A Problem"(1990).

Received airplay and video play worldwide - had numerous hit singles in Canada (Teenland, Things I Do For Money(8 weeks MTV USA), Wait For Me, Hopes Go Astray, One Good Reason(MTV Europe), Place That's Insane, She Ain't Pretty, Girl With A Problem(#1 Muchmusic), Kiss Me You Fool, Dream Away, Twister, Believe, Everything, Worlds Away)

2 Billboard charting singles in USA (1987- Things I Do For Money #30 Billboard Album Rock Tracks/ 1992 - She Ain't Pretty #80 Billboard Hot 100) 

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9 solo releases from 1995 to present day - 2 Top 40 AOR-chart singles in Canada/ Top 10 and #1 in !earshot Folk/Roots/Blues Charts in Canada - has toured across Canada numerous times, performed at SXSW in Austin, Texas/ International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis/ various festivals across Canada - was a finalist in the worldwide John Lennon Songwriting Contest(2009) - has co-written with Willie Mack, Gilles Godard, Andrew Fromm, Tim Taylor, Steve Fox, Roger Springer, Daryl Burgess, Larry Haack, and many others - has recorded with Ashley MacIsaac, Patricia Conroy, Serena Ryder and many others.